Untitled series of views of Ôyama

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi

c. 1840

The Afuri (Shintô) Shrine is located at Ôyama in Segami Province. Pilgrims descend on the shrine every summer and bathe in the water of the Rôben Waterfall as part of the purification ritual. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

The Tamura Ferry Carrying Pilgrims to Ôyama in Segami Province

(Sôshû Ôyama-do Tamurawatashi no zu)

NOTE: This print exists with the publisher’s seal of either Wakasa-ya Yoichi or Iba-ya Sensaburô

View of the Rôben Waterfall at Mount Ôyama

(Ôyama Rôben taki no kei)

View of the Great Waterfall of Ôyama

(Ôyama sekison ôtaki no zu)

Although not part of the above series, these two triptychs of Kuniyoshi’s also portray pilgrims bathing at the Rôben Waterfall in Ôyama

Title: Pilgrims at Rôben Waterfall at Ôyama

Date: c. 1847-52

Publisher: unidentified seal

Title: Pilgrims at the Rôben Waterfall of the Stone Image in Ôyama (Ôyama Sekison Rôben-taki no zu)

Publisher: Azuma-ya Daisuke

Date: 1818

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